204  
FNUS74 KMOB 161010  
FWSMOB  
 
SPOT FORECAST FOR DESOTO BLOCK 9365 C-605/606...USFS  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL  
510 AM CDT THU APR 16 2026  
 
FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 0700 CDT ON APRIL 16.  
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL  
WEATHER SERVICE.  
   
DISCUSSION  
FOR TODAY, THE MINIMUM RELATIVE HUMIDITY IS NEAR 45%,  
TRANSPORT WINDS WILL BE MOSTLY SOUTH-SOUTHWESTERLY TO SOUTHERLY,  
AND DISPERSION VALUES WILL BE GENERALLY GOOD. FOR FRIDAY, THE  
MINIMUM RELATIVE HUMIDITY IS NEAR 40%, 20 FT WIND GUSTS WILL BE  
UP TO NEAR 20 MPH, TRANSPORT WINDS WILL BE MOSTLY SOUTHERLY TO  
SOUTHWESTERLY, AND DISPERSION VALUES WILL BE GOOD.  
 
FOG POTENTIAL AND OTHER REMARKS...PATCHY TO AREAS OF FOG, SOME OF  
WHICH COULD BE DENSE, ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP ACROSS MUCH OF THE  
AREA OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL NIGHTS.  
   
REST OF TODAY  
 
SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY (30-40 PERCENT). AREAS OF DENSE  
FOG EARLY IN THE MORNING POSSIBLE.  
CHANCE OF PCPN......0 PERCENT.  
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 85.  
MIN HUMIDITY........46 PERCENT.  
WIND (20 FT)........LIGHT WINDS BECOMING SOUTH 5 TO 8 MPH LATE IN  
THE MORNING.  
MIXING HEIGHT.......5900 FT AGL.  
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHWEST 3 TO 10 MPH.  
DISPERSION INDEX....4 INCREASING TO 58.  
 
TIME (CDT) 7 AM 9 AM 11 AM 1 PM 3 PM 5 PM  
SKY (%).........57 27 18 25 36 36  
WEATHER COV.....AREAS  
WEATHER TYPE....FOG NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE  
TSTM COV........  
CHC OF PCPN (%).0 0 0 0 0 0  
TEMP............63 70 80 83 83 83  
RH..............100 84 58 48 48 49  
20 FT WIND DIR..SSE S SSW SSW S S  
20 FT WIND SPD..1 2 6 8 9 9  
20 FT WIND GUST.5 6 10 13 14 14  
MIX HGT (FT)....300 1800 5100 5700 5400 4000  
TRANSP WIND DIR.S SSW SW SSW SSW S  
TRANSP WIND SPD.3 9 7 8 9 10  
DISPERSION IDX..4 20 42 54 58 55  
   
TONIGHT  
 
SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLEAR (15-25 PERCENT). PATCHY FOG  
OVERNIGHT.  
CHANCE OF PCPN......0 PERCENT.  
MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 63.  
MAX HUMIDITY........100 PERCENT.  
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTH WINDS 5 TO 7 MPH EARLY IN THE EVENING  
BECOMING LIGHT.  
MIXING HEIGHT.......400 FT AGL.  
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTH 6 TO 14 MPH.  
DISPERSION INDEX....67 DECREASING TO 3.  
 
TIME (CDT) 6 PM 8 PM 10 PM MIDNGT 2 AM 4 AM  
SKY (%).........19 9 8 13 34 32  
WEATHER COV..... PATCHY PATCHY  
WEATHER TYPE....NONE NONE NONE NONE FOG FOG  
TSTM COV........  
CHC OF PCPN (%).0 0 0 0 0 0  
TEMP............81 74 69 68 66 65  
RH..............53 71 87 93 97 97  
20 FT WIND DIR..S S S S SSW SW  
20 FT WIND SPD..8 6 3 2 2 1  
20 FT WIND GUST.13 12 9 7 5 3  
MIX HGT (FT)....4000 500 500 400 400 400  
TRANSP WIND DIR.S S S S SSW SW  
TRANSP WIND SPD.13 10 9 9 7 6  
DISPERSION IDX..67 5 4 4 3 3  
   
FRIDAY  
 
SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY (20-30 PERCENT). PATCHY FOG EARLY IN THE  
MORNING.  
CHANCE OF PCPN......0 PERCENT.  
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 85.  
MIN HUMIDITY........43 PERCENT.  
WIND (20 FT)........LIGHT WINDS BECOMING SOUTH 6 TO 9 MPH IN THE  
AFTERNOON.  
MIXING HEIGHT.......5600 FT AGL.  
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTH 5 TO 8 MPH INCREASING TO 8 TO 12 MPH IN  
THE AFTERNOON.  
DISPERSION INDEX....2 INCREASING TO 65.  
 
TIME (CDT) 6 AM 8 AM 10 AM NOON 2 PM 4 PM  
SKY (%).........37 30 18 21 20 13  
WEATHER COV.....PATCHY PATCHY  
WEATHER TYPE....FOG FOG NONE NONE NONE NONE  
TSTM COV........  
CHC OF PCPN (%).0 0 0 0 0 0  
TEMP............64 66 78 83 85 85  
RH..............100 90 64 51 45 43  
20 FT WIND DIR..SW SW S S S S  
20 FT WIND SPD..1 1 2 7 9 10  
20 FT WIND GUST.3 3 6 12 15 16  
MIX HGT (FT)....400 1200 3400 4900 5600 5100  
TRANSP WIND DIR.SW SW S S SSE S  
TRANSP WIND SPD.5 5 7 8 9 10  
DISPERSION IDX..2 7 27 45 61 60  
 
 
FORECASTER...22  
REQUESTED BY...CLIFF WILLIS  
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED  
.TAG 2610140.3/MOB  
.DELDT 04/16/26  
.FORMATTERVERSION 2.0.0  
.EMAIL CLIFTON.WILLIS@USDA.GOV  
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